tlug: root device 08:01

[Jim Schweizer <schweiz@example.com>]

Hi all,

I'm trying to force a kernel to boot from a floppy, ignore the
IDE drive, and only read the sda1,2,3 partitions on the SCSI
drive.

tools/build bootsect setup compressed/vmlinux.out CURRENT >
zImage
Root device is (8, 1)
Boot sector 512 bytes.
Setup is 4336 bytes.
System is 390 kB
sync
dd bs=8192 if=zImage of=/dev/fd0
49+1 records in
49+1 records out
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'

root:/usr/src/linux# /sbin/rdev /dev/fd0
Root device /dev/sda1

Is this possible without a lilo or other boot manager? The
kernel doesn't read the SCSI drives then panics with

VFS Cannot open root device 08:01

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